Philosophy and Theology
Basics of philosophy of science. Definitions and implications of science for a modern non-academic audience and from a working class perspective. The emphasis in this episode is on the basics for comparison of rational tools and theories to differentiate between science and non-science such as art and trades and pseudo-sciences such as the social sciences. Example comparisons consist of evolution and intelligent design.
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What is the meaning and nature of the questions of whether God is moral and of the nature of good and evil and its presence in the world in relation to the nature of God? By contemplating the argument of God’s so-called intelligent design of the universe, this episode further clarifies the difference between the questions: why does God hate the poor and why does he allow good and evil in the world? This so-called intelligent design is analogous to the good and evil and randomness and arbitrary nature of a poker game.
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